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+package sds
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+// TestStress_ConcurrentManagersWithEvents hammers the create/cleanup +
+// event-delivery paths concurrently to surface the Heisenbug that crashes the
+// status-go functional test. Two effects are stressed at once:
+//
+//   - rmRegistry (sds_common.go) is an unsynchronized map: written by
+//     register/unregister (create/Cleanup) and read by sdsGlobalEventCallback on
+//     the nim-ffi event thread. Concurrent create/cleanup + in-flight events race it.
+//   - The &wg-in-C SdsResp pattern (sds.go) parks a goroutine in wg.Wait() while
+//     the FFI thread dereferences &wg via C memory; aggressive GC stresses it.
+//
+// Run with: go test -race -run TestStress
+func TestStress_ConcurrentManagersWithEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	aggressiveGC := os.Getenv("STRESS_AGGRESSIVE_GC") != ""
+	if aggressiveGC {
+		// Aggressive GC to perturb stack/heap and surface cgo-pointer issues.
+		defer debug.SetGCPercent(debug.SetGCPercent(1))
+	}
+	t.Logf("aggressiveGC=%v", aggressiveGC)
+
+	const channelID = "stress"
+
+	// Shared sender produces a chain of dependent messages so receivers emit
+	// OnMissingDependencies / OnMessageReady events on unwrap.
+	sender, err := NewReliabilityManager(zap.NewNop())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer sender.Cleanup()
+
+	var wrapped [][]byte
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		w, werr := sender.WrapOutgoingMessage(
+			[]byte(fmt.Sprintf("payload-%d", i)),
+			MessageID(fmt.Sprintf("stress-msg-%d", i)),
+			channelID,
+		)
+		require.NoError(t, werr)
+		wrapped = append(wrapped, w)
+	}
+	// The last message depends (via causal history) on the earlier ones.
+	lastMsg := wrapped[len(wrapped)-1]
+
+	// Background goroutine forcing GC to widen the window for stack-move /
+	// use-after-free of the &wg pointer stored in C.
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+	var gcWG sync.WaitGroup
+	gcWG.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer gcWG.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-stop:
+				return
+			default:
+				if aggressiveGC {
+					runtime.GC()
+				} else {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	const workers = 16
+	const iters = 200
+	var eventCount int64
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for w := 0; w < workers; w++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			for i := 0; i < iters; i++ {
+				rm, cerr := NewReliabilityManager(zap.NewNop())
+				if cerr != nil {
+					t.Errorf("create failed: %v", cerr)
+					return
+				}
+				rm.RegisterCallbacks(EventCallbacks{
+					OnMissingDependencies: func(MessageID, []HistoryEntry, string) {
+						atomic.AddInt64(&eventCount, 1)
+					},
+					OnMessageReady: func(MessageID, string) {
+						atomic.AddInt64(&eventCount, 1)
+					},
+				})
+				// Unwrap the last (dependent) message: triggers missing-deps events,
+				// which fire on the event thread and read rmRegistry concurrently
+				// with other workers' create/Cleanup map writes.
+				_, _ = rm.UnwrapReceivedMessage(lastMsg)
+				// Give the event thread a moment to deliver before teardown so the
+				// callback races Cleanup's unregister.
+				if cerr := rm.Cleanup(); cerr != nil {
+					t.Errorf("cleanup failed: %v", cerr)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(stop)
+	gcWG.Wait()
+	t.Logf("completed; events delivered=%d", atomic.LoadInt64(&eventCount))
+}
+
+// TestStress_LongLivedManagersHammerUnwrap mirrors realistic status-go usage:
+// a few long-lived ReliabilityManagers (created once) each hammered with many
+// wrap/unwrap calls under heavy GC pressure, with events enabled. No
+// create/destroy churn — this isolates the dispatch + foreign-thread-GC + cgo
+// callback paths from the context-pool create/destroy concurrency.
+func TestStress_LongLivedManagersHammerUnwrap(t *testing.T) {
+	defer debug.SetGCPercent(debug.SetGCPercent(1))
+
+	const channelID = "stress-longlived"
+	const managers = 8
+	const iters = 400
+
+	stop := make(chan struct{})
+	var gcWG sync.WaitGroup
+	gcWG.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer gcWG.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-stop:
+				return
+			default:
+				runtime.GC()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	var eventCount int64
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for m := 0; m < managers; m++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(id int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			sender, err := NewReliabilityManager(zap.NewNop())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("create sender failed: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+			defer sender.Cleanup()
+			receiver, err := NewReliabilityManager(zap.NewNop())
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("create receiver failed: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
+			defer receiver.Cleanup()
+			receiver.RegisterCallbacks(EventCallbacks{
+				OnMessageReady:        func(MessageID, string) { atomic.AddInt64(&eventCount, 1) },
+				OnMissingDependencies: func(MessageID, []HistoryEntry, string) { atomic.AddInt64(&eventCount, 1) },
+			})
+			for i := 0; i < iters; i++ {
+				w, werr := sender.WrapOutgoingMessage(
+					[]byte(fmt.Sprintf("m%d-payload-%d", id, i)),
+					MessageID(fmt.Sprintf("m%d-msg-%d", id, i)),
+					channelID,
+				)
+				if werr != nil {
+					t.Errorf("wrap failed: %v", werr)
+					return
+				}
+				if _, uerr := receiver.UnwrapReceivedMessage(w); uerr != nil {
+					t.Errorf("unwrap failed: %v", uerr)
+					return
+				}
+			}
+		}(m)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(stop)
+	gcWG.Wait()
+	t.Logf("completed; events delivered=%d", atomic.LoadInt64(&eventCount))
+}